"today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live. we understand you spoke to the victim's family and they say he's a victim of mistaken identity. >> reporter: that's what at least one sister believes. i just spoke briefly with the stepdad who was so upset he had very little to say but i can tell you that he lives right near where this happened. i want to step aside. he lives in this unit here. you can see one officer there is where this shooting took place. the sister believes this young man may have been targeted because he just wasn't from here. she says there was a commotion outside of the unit and she spoke with him before that. next thing you know there was gunfire in the streets. one neighbor believes that this was likely gang related just because of the people who live around here. the shooting started around 12:16. neighbors called 911. they heard multiple shots fired. when deputies arrived, they found a 17-year-old down on the ground. those deputies tried cpr but it was too late. the sister said he had just

celebrated his 17th birthday only a couple days ago. and had only been in the area for about a week. >> it was his first birthday. first christmas being with the family. first time being with the family. >> reporter: how long has he been staying with you? >> a week. about a week. this is my dad's only son. >> reporter: investigators are saying they don't know at this point why this young man was shot and they also don't have any suspect information. they tell us this is the first homicide of the year for marin city. reporting live in marin city, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:02 now. new this morning, los angeles police say 14 people being held hostage inside a nordstrom rack are now free. officers say a pair of armed men entered the store overnight. s.w.a.t. teams surrounded it for four hours before going inside. inside they found 14 store

employees hiding in bathrooms and locked in storage areas. the robbers were nowhere to be found. police are trying to determine what kind of weapons the men are armed with. a south bay family says investigators are not doing enough to find the person that killed their son three weeks ago leaving his body on the side of the road. 24-year-old jacksen madsen's body was found on san tomas presbyterian in campbell three base befo days before christmas. police say it appears to be hit-and-run but who hit him remains a mystery this morning. madsen's friends say he may have gotten in a fight at a bar in downtown campbell and then there's a 911 call campbell police say came from madsen's cell phone a short time before his death. >> to know that he had a 911 call and was from his cell phone him huffing and puffing like he's running from something. that's the only thing i can

think of. it won't get out of my mind. >> the chp says it has specially trained investigators working on the case. officers are calling it a top priority. it is back to square one in the search for san jose's next police chief. current chief chris moore is retiring one week from tomorrow. the three possible replacements were rejected by a panel of community leaders on wednesday. the city is now coming up with transition plans. 6:04. help is on the way for commuters caught in that bumper to bumper backup on the dumbarton bridge. you may have noticed since the start of the year the commute from the fremont side of the bridge to the menlo park side has been especially bad. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live with the reason for the gridlock and what's being done to clear it up. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. it's a commute that's gotten worse this week as more people have gotten out of holiday mode and started going back to work. anyone that covered the dumbarton bridge knows the problem. it's the middle toll lane which you can't see but you can see

above this semi the closed sign indicates a lane is shut down. toll lane number four that's been shut down since the beginning of the new year because of budget cuts. they haven't been able to man it with a toll taker and more people have had fewer lanes to use creating a backup that has gone as far back reportedly as 880. that's a significant distance. what's happened right now, our traffic anchor talking to shortly did speak with someone authorized to speak on behalf of the bay area toll authority and yesterday they told us that they are evaluating the situation. they will have somebody out here today to look at what the traffic backup is. and then over the weekend they may come up with one or two solutions that could be possibly put in effect as early as monday. one solution is let's find the money and restaff that position so that toll lane is open and we don't have the backup. the other is making that lane a fastrak only lane. that technology is in place there. they could simply flip the

switch and make that fastrak only it wouldn't be cash but it would be fastrak only which of course would be better than no lane at all. i mentioned we want to speak with traffic anchor mike inouye. thank you for getting us that information. as far as today's commute is concerned, we know it's friday light so perhaps maybe the backup here won't be as bad as it has been earlier days in the week. i don't know what your screens are showing you right now. >> thank you, bob. a typical friday commute over there. the build happens just after 7:00. we'll continue to track that. thanks to our viewers that brought it to our attention. hopefully we have no major problems at the bay bridge but we see backup forming already here and that's i'm cautious about the forecast for the backup at the dumbarton bridge. cash lanes at the bay bridge do have the backup. fastrak not a problem. no metering lights yet. we'll show you approach on the maps. smooth flow of traffic in your commute direction. slowing now through berkeley around university and arrow points to that commute direction. other avenues through oakland

just fine. away from the bridge we had a disabled big rig blocking two lanes reported right there at mcdonald avenue. i have in no further updates from chp. they arrived on scene and they cleared. we don't see slowing. that might indicate they moved the big rig. i'll let you know if anything developmen develops through the area. easy drive through pleasanton and sunol on 680. 880 an easy drive. roadways traveling into the south bay a relatively light commute. christina, we had a lot of fog over the last part of this week in the south bay but this morning it looks clearer and colder. what's up? >> it's frost we're tracking more than fog this morning. good morning to you. happy friday. 32 degrees in livermore right now. 29 in gilroy. 33 degrees dropping pretty substantially in santa cruz as

well. rare to get to freezing mark by the ocean. that's what's happening here in the bay area. 29 now in napa. bring in the sensitive plants. don't want to do any damage. you water them every day. travel cautiously this morning. we could find black ice out there through the next hour. coldest time of day is near sunrise. that will be about 7:19. clear your car windows. you may have frost out there. give yourself plenty of time to warm up your vehicle. today's high in the 50s. colder weather to get through over the course of the weekend and maybe another chance of a rare dusting of snow very low levels. we'll talk about that coming up. for today get that jacket ready to go. pull out scarf and mittens and whole nine yards. 50 in gilroy. 51 degrees in san jose which brings me to the 49ers forecast in my next report. a good looking game. cold out there. that's your tease for now. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> aaron rodgers and his boys going down. >> there we go.

6:09. coming up, the flu hits epidemic levels. how do you know if you have it? we'll explain the symptoms that set the flu apart from the common cold and a look at a medicine shortage just ahead. they said medical records electronic style would save the nation billions. they were wrong. we'll take a look coming up in business news. a live look outside. a light show there on the bay bridge at 11:00. a preview of something spectacular coming in march. we'll talk more about it and the rest of the day's news. 6:09. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong, i don't wanna be right ♪ [ abrupt record scratch, music stops ] what!? it's not bad for you.

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chargers are pending against a man suspected of intentionally starting a deadly five-alarm fire in new york city. officers say the 45-year-old man used to live in the apartment complex that he's accused of setting on fire. investigators say the fire was set after a domestic dispute. the person who died was not involved in that dispute. also on the east coast, investigators reviewing surveillance tape to see why a commuter bus slammed into a school bus in new jersey. we brought this to you yesterday morning as breaking news. the bus was not carrying any children when it toppled on a power supply station in front of an apartment complex. 16 passengers and the driver on the commuter bus were injured when it smashed into a tree. investigators trying to figure out what caused a big rig to fall off highway 29 in vallejo. the rig burst into flames yesterday morning on the roadway before the connector with westbound 37. officers say the rig collided with a pickup truck though it's unclear why. two good samaritans and a

paramedic pulled that driver to safety but he later died from his injuries. the pickup driver was not injured. it appears alcohol and drugs were not factors in that crash. time is 6:13. time for a check of the day's top stories. a 17-year-old boy is dead after an overnight shooting in marin city. the victim's sister says her brother just moved to marin. she believes he may be the target of mistaken identity. all lanes of eastbound 80 are back open after several cars crashed there early this morning. chp says a car spun out, hit the center divide and then was broadside ebroad sided by another car. one man had major injuries. regular nonstop dreamliner service is expected to start today out of san jose international airport. this despite several issues with dreamliner planes in boston and japan. the faa announced a special review of all dreamliner aircraft. 6:14. the flu is at an epidemic level

in some parts of the country. according to the centers for disease control, 135 million doses of the flu vaccine have been made and 120 million has already been handed out. it can be hard to tell if you actually have the common cold or the flu because both have such similar symptoms. colds include runny nose, sore throat, sneezing and coughing. the flu usually includes high fever with chills, headache and you're tired. sore throats are less common with the flu. was america full of it when it came to making medical records electronic. >> they say they were wrong. scott mcgrew is looking into it. anyone benefited from the electronic medical records? >> probably. medical records less likely to make mistakes when computer is watching over them and certainly medical record companies made a

pretty penny on this but the think tank that said america would save tens of billions of dollars by switching to electronic workers say its data shows we haven't saved a penny. because they keep such careful track in some cases, they have added to the cost of health care bills. nurses document every band-aid and aspirin used. the study which its own authors say is inaccurate was the basis for the obama administration's multibillion dollar push for modernizing hospital medical records. where can you save money? today is the first day walmart will sell you an iphone 5 with no contract. $45 a month for unlimited data, talk and text. that's a great deal. i can't speak for coverage. it's through walmart's straight talk service. make no mistake. the iphone 5 is not cheap. it will cost you about $650. the calculation is overall savings is about $1,000 a year.

san francisco facing controversy this morning over its decision to pull an award at the consumer electronics show for dish network's new hopper device that allows recording of tv shows. in a press release it says it was asked to pull the award by the parent company cbs, which is suing dish over that same service. dish responded with this statement. we're saddened that staff is being denied the editorial independence because of cbs's heavy handed tactics. jim mcafee back in the news this week. this weekend one of my guests lived with mcafee at his compound with the girls and the guns. here he is describing a scary moment with mcafee playing russian roulette at the kitchen table. >> he opens the chamber out. takes the bullet out. takes one bullet. puts it in the gun and spins it.

there's five chambers. he pulls it four times and says maybe your assumptions about reality are incorrect. >> joshua davis. where didn't he flee right then? joshua covered the war in libya and iraq. it takes a lot to scare him. after "meet the press" on sunday. >> we look forward to it. thank you. new way to help keep your home safe from burglars without spending big bucks on a security system. take a look. raymond wang developed a wireless system called i smart alarm which sends an alert to your iphone if someone tries to break into your home. this is video from the company's website. the system which debuted this week will start at just $79 and could be ready by april. the creator says he was inspired to create a better home security system after late apple co-founder steve jobs' home was burgla burglarized in palo alto last

year. this is hilarious. a company has created a fork that monitors how fast you actually eat. take a look. the battery powered fork contains a motion sensor which can figure out when it is lifted toward your mouth. if you are eating too fast, a warning light blinks and the fork vibrates. data can be downloaded to your computer to track your eating habits. it will be available in may. >> you can't afford to have the food if you buy the fork. >> no thanks on that. want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. maybe something warm to drink this morning. >> hot cocoa. coffee ought to do the trick. make sure you are alert before hitting the highway. frost out there this morning. it is looking very chilly. this is a shot from yesterday morning. you may recall i was out there in san francisco hoping for snow flurries. none there. we certainly accumulated

snowfall at 2,400 feet this is santa cruz mountains sent in from storm spotter from national weather service. let's show you other impressive shots from mt. hamilton at 4,200 feet. you can see a little bit of a dusting here. this was sent in from ben who works here in our technical operations center. good morning to you. thanks. we do have a very active team takes a lot of people to put this show together. good morning. as we head throughout the day, temperatures are going to be chilly to start. we are in the 30s and 40s right now. we are headed toward the 50s. that's it. 37 degrees in san jose. 29 in gilroy. 43 degrees in oakland. the jet stream is taking a significant dip. however, there's no storm system to ride that jet stream and bring us any significant rainfall. it's just cold air consistently filtering into the bay area. high pressure will build next week and that will warm us up. a cold weekend to get through. that means it's going to be chilly out there for the 49ers playoff game. they are taking on the green bay

packers. aaron rodgers good looking man. we want to take him down. it will be chilly out there. winds won't play too much of a factor. they can as you know. you get that swirling wind scenario in the stick. they will be light and variable at best and cold is going to be the biggest issue. it should be nice and clear. good visibility for watching that game. it will be cold. stay home. 51 in fremont. seven-day outlook tells the story. 48 degrees staying cool for saturday. sunday we get another chance for some low snow and best chance again will be near the coastal mountains. monday, tuesday, wednesday, starting to warm you up. by thursday finally a return of the 60s and 60s even low 60s never looked so good. let's check on your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we're looking over here toward emeryville. this looks good too. it's all relative in our businesses. we're looki inin ining at eastb toward richmond. disabled big rig across a couple

lanes, chp closed that incident. countercommute things are just fine. commute good as well. racetrack as folks come off the bridge and merge with interstate 80 approaching the bay bridge. a smooth flow of traffic through the toll plaza itself. and toll plaza shows now the lanes are backi ining up. metering lights are on. build is the key word as traffic backs up toward the 880 over crossing off the berkeley curve. we'll look at your maps and show you the view through oakland with 580 and interstate 880 both moving smoothly. warriors play the trailblazers tonight. that doesn't affect the commute because friends that work for warriors aren't up yet. gradual build through livermore. 680 through pleasanton no problems south for the commute. south 880 is picking up volume so you'll see slowing now coming into and through fremont out of hayward. south bay itself we have that burst sticking around for north 101 from 680 up to the airport.

87 and 85 also showing spots with slowdowns. typical pattern here. much farther south grapevine is closed. highway 101 along the peninsula we'll look at palo alto where there's no problems here and easy drive northbound up through san mateo and into the city. back to you. >> looks good. thanks, mike. coming up, there's nothing finer than a 49er and collin kaeperni kaepernick. oh!

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welcome back. it's 6:25. good morning to you. a big weekend for the 49er faithful. >> tomorrow the team is taking on the green bay packers at the canned 8dlestick and we know whl do the kicking. jim harbaugh says david akers is still his guy despite missing 13 field goals this season. kickoff is set for 5:00 tomorrow night. san francisco mayor ed lee and the mayor of green bay, wisconsin, are making a friendly wager on the game with an educational twist. if the 49ers win, green bay will sponsor special tours for hundreds of san francisco kids at the exploratorium science museum when it opens at its new home on pier 15 in april. if the niners lose, san

francisco will sponsor a free admission day at the new children's museum of green bay. the bet includes an exchange of local delicacies. it could be one of the coldest mornings we' had in a while here, christina. >> indeed it could be. indeed it could be. good morning to you, laura and marla. it's chilly out there. a couple more 20s popping up. napa at 29 degrees. 29 in gilroy. you're right at freezing in concord and livermore. it's cold enough for frost throughout all of your interior valleys and not so much the case in san francisco. we'll continue to drop off as we head through the next hour. highs ramping up to low 50s. you'll need your coat. the full forecast is just moments away. let's check the drive with mike. >> we'll take a second to get over to my maps in just a second. we'll put technological switch here. we see typical build through livermore. i want to talk about what's just in. reports of a power outage.

2,440 people without power. that affects signals in the area. we heard about folks having to do surface street traffic control. we'll track this. freeways th s themselves typica the castro valley y and toward san mateo bridge. quick look outside. over the span we're building a bit. what's that off in the distance? it's the weekend. back to you. >> hallelujah. 6:27. still ahead, cracked windshields, fuel spills and battery fires. issues continue to pile up on board dreamliner flights. we'll tell you if tarmac troubles elsewhere will impact a nonstop flight path from san jose just ahead. [ mom ] dear chex cereal,

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morning, january 11th. we'll see how the markets will end our week checking those numbers in just a bit. first, i want to say good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm marla tellez in for jon kelley. >> it's been a nightmarish week for boeing dreamliner planes. already this week two issues with those dreamliners at boston logan international airport. one a fuel leak and the other a battery that caught fire and now cracks have appeared in cockpit windows of dreamliners in japan. all this as san jose gets set to unveil its brand new regular nonstop dreamliner service later this morning. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew joins us with a new look at service in san jose and words of a federal investigation into those dreamliner planes and problems they're having. earlier this week after the problem first came up you said watch for more and certainly you were right. >> good morning. the one that really started this off small electrical fire in bot boston. you mentioned that.

same model different plane had a fuel leak and cracked windows. the transportation department gets ready for a press conference. secretary ray lahood will be appearing any minute now to talk about the dreamliner and some of the things that the federal government will be looking into. he has ordered a review. he walks up. we'll continue to listen to this in the newsroom and bring you the very latest. all of this comes as ana airplanes set to launch the first nonstop service between san jose and tokyo. a dreamliner inbound for san jose as we speak. it's flight 1076. due in at 9:19. an hour early. they'll turn around and take californians back to cotokyo. the airline had no problem with the 787 last night when we talked to the spokesperson.

>> the problem with the aircraft -- >> reporter: a fire on the airplane on 787. >> that's a different -- not our company. different airline aircraft. we don't have any comment. >> in the hours since that interview they did find cracked cockpit windows in a domestic dreamliner flight that grounded the plane. another oil leak on another flight forced a plane to turn around as well. now obviously the big question is should you put your family on a dreamliner. we're waiting to hear from transportation secretary ray lahood. any flight you take today is going to have something wrong with it. when you catch the captain do that walk around before the flight or first officer if it's raining, they'll always find something. some of this is news finding issues but we are going to hear from the transportation secretary in just a bit. the minute we know something, we'll let you know. >> aviation experts say these are more like growing pains for the new aircraft. >> nearly brand new aircraft.

it just came out from boeing delayed for a number of years. these may be those sorts of things. travelers at sfo may be in for flight delays this month as soon as tonight in fact. construction crews are working on safety upgrades required by the federal government. that means the runway will be shut down for three weekends this month. the first closure is tonight at 10:00 until 8:00 monday morning. the runway closure will have biggest impact on flights within a two-hour radius of sfo. certainly a cold morning out there. want to check temperatures right now with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, laura and marla. good morning to you at home. they are dropping off. close to freezing just about everywhere and cold enough for frost through all of your interior valleys this morning. you want to travel cautiously over bridges and overpasses where you might find some black ice this morning. if you're headed to southern california low snow we had yesterday is moving into so cal. the grapevine is shut down for

snow. we'll talk to mike about that and how to get around it. 29 in gilroy. 33 degrees in santa cruz. cold morning means you want to bring in sensitive plants and don't leave pets out there for longer than an hour or so. very cold. cover the sensitive plants. put a blanket over them. put a piece of cardboard on the windshield and don't have to worry about frost in the morning. give yourself time to get that frost off. cold afternoon ahead. temps ramping up to low 50s. a chance of low snow yet again. and then warming on the way. not a lot. a little bit. temperatures into the 60s by next week. that's good news. light at the end of the tunnel. 50 degrees inland today. 51 bayside. as promised, here's mike inouye and your friday drive. >> so the big issue for a lot of folks heading out of town i-5 closed all morning as far as our show is concerned. that's cutting you off from the south land. you can use 101.

it's a nice drive. we're looking to the bay bridge where we do have a well lit bay bridge toll plaza because metering lights are on and headlights are waiting. mild for a friday. we typically expect this to the end of the parking lot. another live look outside shows you approach coming through oakland northbound with taillights. smooth drive here and southbound toward the san mateo bridge. without any major issues. we'll show you the maps and slowing northbound routes for 101. 87 from capital into downtown and highway 85 off 87 coming up to the interchange. northbound commute is on for the south bay. northbound 680 toward scott creek road in the center of your screen we do have a new crash reported involving a big rig. this may be off at the off-ramp. if you don't use scott creek, it may not be an issue. we'll see slowing past the miniature golf course. my kids know about that one. drive through livermore smooth drive for freeways and power outage reported for the area. dublin, livermore, pleasanton. 2,500 customers affected.

a live look outside again and we'll end with this one for the peninsula. smooth flow for 101 and 280 along the peninsula and easy drive between the city and palo alto. back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:36. not just a movie anymore. snakes on a plane. the slithering surprise passengers saw from their window seats just ahead. >> no thank you. a live look downtown san jose. traffic seems to be a few cars making their way around. it is cold. christina will talk about the cold temps. stay with us. it's 6:36. ♪

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welcome back, everyone. what a beautiful live look outside this morning. sun arriving over the bay area. glorious bay bridge. it's friday morning too. it is 6:39 right now. relatives of four people killed in a plane crash alongside jenni rivera are suing the singing star's company. the families say rivera was negligent when she hired what they say was a faulty lear jet. rivera's publicist, a makeup artist, her stylist and her lawyer along with two pilots were killed in the crash december 9th in northern mexico. arsonist is caught on camera setting fire inside an apartment complex in irvine.

security video shows that suspect setting the fire you see there under that couch. police say the suspect lit the fire to force people out of their apartment units so he could burglarize them. no one was injured but the suspect is still at large. a shocking sight to wake you up on this friday morning onboard a flight from australia to new guinea. a snake on the plane. the nine-foot python appeared on the plane. the flight arrived safely but the snake did not. it was found doa, dead on arrival. >> don't want a window seat anymore. it's 6:40 right now. up next, held up at gunpoint and then held as hostage. employees locked inside a nordstrom rack has gunmen roamed the store. a teenage boy new to town is shot and killed in marin. why his sister says he's the target of mistaken identity.

the sun coming up over the bay area. so cold this time of morning. could we set lord lrecord lows e start of our friday morning? we'll check in with christina loren and get a check on the forecast. ♪

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6:43. another update to breaking news we've been following this morning for you in marin where a teenage boy is dead after an overnight shooting outside his home. this morning the gunman is still on the loose and sheriff's deputies are asking now for the public's help. right now officers have fanned out near cole drive in marin not far from golden gate recreational area.

christie smith joins us live where she just spoke to the victim's family. >> reporter: good morning. understandably that family is very upset this morning. they say the 17 year old had some rough spots in his life but that he was basically a good kid. i want to step aside so you can see exactly where this happened. investigators taking measurements this morning by where he was shot. now, what the family is saying is he only just turned 17 years old about four days ago. his sister says there was a commotion outside of the home and a guy outside of the home acting strange in her words. next thing you know there was gunfire. this was around 12:16 this morning on drake avenue. this is an area with a lot of apartments, public housing. police say he was shot two to three times. witnesses tried to help. deputies arrived very quickly and tried to administer cpr but it was too late. he died at the scene. the family tells me he's from weed, california, and only been here for a week or two. one friend of the city said she

believes that perhaps this was gang related but the sister believes he was shot because he isn't from here. >> basically somebody just got the wrong thing and got confused. he's not from out here. they take him out. he's not from out here. nobody here knows him. >> reporter: investigators have been speaking with neighbors this morning. they haven't said yet exactly why they think he was shot in the first place but i can tell you this is the first homicide of the year for marin city and deputies are asking for the public's help in solving this. reporting live in marin city, christie smith, "today in the bay." new details now in an overnight hostage situation at a los angeles mall. police are investigating the second scene now in nearby culver city where two armed suspects may have fled after holding 14 employees hostage inside a nordstrom rack. the robbers sexually assaulted one employee and stabbed another. that person is expected to be

okay. s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the store for more than four hours overnight. when they entered they found the employees hiding in bathrooms and locked inside storage areas. the robbers escaped. >> what a frightening way to start a day. 6:46 right now. we've been talking about cold temperatures this morning. think we'll set any records, christina? >> i don't think so. i'm going to show you how close we're going to get to some of those records. want to show you this beautiful sunrise. let me step out of the way here. it is gorgeous out there this morning. this is oakland. oakland never looked so good at 6:46. no fog to report here. you can clearly see for five to eight miles. it's a frosty start to the day though because of that clarity. grab your coat. 32 degrees in livermore. 37 in san jose. 43 degrees to start in oaktown this morning. this is what we're talking about when it comes to potential for records. we're expecting 25 degrees in livermore this morning with actual record being 21 degrees. nonetheless, this is one of the coldest months in the bay area

and to be flirting with records in the middle of january means this is about as cold as it gets around here. just make sure you're ready for that. bundle up the little ones and plan on a cold day tomorrow out at the stick. 5:00 p.m. 50 degrees. 49ers taking on packers. packers are used to the cold. our boys, not going to be too bad for them. a little colder than usual. nonetheless they are looking good this season. we think the forecast from nbc bay area weather department is a big san francisco win. now we do have a chance for some showers. as of tonight that jet stream is just to our south. anything is possible when it comes to showers moving onshore. this is what we expect by 6:00 p.m. light activity down in the south bay. saturday waking up with mostly clear conditions. clouds roll in for the second half of saturday. and that means as we progress throughout saturday afternoon into sunday night another chance for some low snow. it's not that great. about 15% to 20%. that's all i'm going to give it. chance is there. 51 in livermore.

51 in fremont. 51 in redwood city. keep your cameras handy if you live in higher elevations. we would love to feature your picture on monday morning. a great start on monday. 52 degrees in the afternoon hours. 51 inland. staying cool until wednesday and then we'll be above our seasonal averages a little bit on thursday back to the low 60s. 6:48. it's a busy friday morning. >> it is. we don't have your totally vacant roadways. friday is lighter. folks adjusting to that returning from vacation. i love this shot. you can see the sunlight. no problem here at 101 and 680. map shows you approaching the area we had a little bit of a sho issue. slowing cough capital expressway. one car in the center divide. other car took off. if you saw anything, call it in to chp. slowing north 101.

87, 85 and 280 as well. typical spots. typical pattern throughout the south bay. look at fremont. 880 moves smoothly. slowing out of hayward through fremont. 680 clear of the earlier disabled rig around scott creek road. that's good news. we're looking at the maps again heading up through the area east bay, south 880 also castro valley y. also approaching the bay bridge we have slowing down the east shore freeway. bay bridge itself shows good volume of traffic. spotty, patchy backup but metering lights on so span itself is clear. here's friday light. that's where it is clearly exhibited in the north bay. it's cold. back to you. 6:49. there could be a solution to the gridlock on the dumbarton bridge. you may have noticed since the start of the year the commute from the fremont side of the bridge to the menlo park side has been especially bad. "today in the bay's" bob redell

is live with the reason for the bumper to bumper traffic and what's being done to clear it up. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. we're on the approach right now to the dumbarton bridge. it is friday light. we're not in full commute hour. as we approach the dumbarton toll plaza, look straight in front of us. you'll see one of the middle toll lanes, number four lane, has been shut down since the beginning of the year because of budgetary reasons because they didn't have money they have not been staffing it and as a result it's been closed during the commute hour which is usually 7:00 to 9:00. we're not in it yet as i mentioned. tremendous backup. some reports of the backup extending all of the way back to 880 which is quite the distance. so what is going to happen? mike inouye did talk to someone able to speak on behalf of the bay area toll authority and they have had people out here. they are going to have people out here today to evaluate what the traffic backup is.

over the weekend they'll look at a couple options and perhaps as early as monday they would implement one of those option the. one could be let's find the money and refill that position so we can get somebody into that toll plaza or two, this toll plaza number four lane is equipped with technology to go fastrak only. we could at least have it fastrak only. would it be cash? no but fastrak only would be much better than having it closed and having a backup. if you are going to take dumbarton bridge as you can see right now, it's friday light and as we head westbound through the toll plaza you can see traffic is at the limit. no problems right now. what will it be in the next few hours? i don't have a crystal ball. hopefully typical friday morning commute. reporting live westbound on dumbarton bridge, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> be safe out there. it's not just dumbarton bridge making headlines today. >> in fact, several transit agencies dealing with issues throughout the bay area. if you use a clipper card, your personal privacy may sooning better protected.

metropolitan transportation commission is exploring options to reduce the length of time it holds onto your personal data to three years. a bay citizen report found the mtc can store personal information for up to seven years. the mtc also says only 44% of its closed circuit television cameras are working. just 49% of traffic sensors are actually working. and only 61% of electronic message signs are in use. all of these systems were managed by caltrans. the state transportation agency. mtc wants a bigger role in managing these systems and mtc committee will discuss an issue during a meeting today. samtrans is changing scheduling dimes affecting depart our and arrival times. no routes will be changed. all of those changes will start on sunday. visit samtrans.com for specific information.

crucial decisions in court in two high profile cases. starting in the east bay, a young man will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to the gang rape of a teenage girl outside a homecoming dance in richmond. morales faces up to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty in november. mo morales is the second man to be sentenced in that case. four men are awaiting trial. a uc berkeley student law student is pleading guilty related to the beheading of an exotic bird in a las vegas resort. a fellow student faces felony charges of killing the bird. surveillance video shows both students chasing the bird and then tossing its body around. this morning several shooting incidents prompting a conversation about gun control. >> starting where investigators say bullying may have prompted a

shooting at a high school campus in the city of taft. a teacher and another staffer talked the teen into putting down his gun. the suspect is now under arrest. in colorado, defense attorneys say james holmes is not ready to make a plea to charges of killing 12 people inside a movie theater. they have not revealed why the defendant is not ready. late last night a judge ruled there is enough evidence for holmes to face trial on 166 felony counts including first-degree murder. defense attorneys insist holmes is mentally ill. amid controversy over gun control, one of the largest gun shows in the country will take place this weekend. hundreds of tables will be set up in the south hall for buy, sell or trade guns including high capacity magazines provided they are not capable of holding more than ten rounds. >> after meeting with the nra, vice president joe biden will meet with representatives from the video gaming industry as he

works on a series of gun control proposals. biden says he will submit those proposals tuesday. they include universal background check for gun buyers. as for president obama, he will host afghan president hamid karzai today at the white house. last night president karzai ate dinner at the state department with secretary of state hillary clinton. karzai is meeting with the obama administration about the continued transition of troops out of afghanistan. earlier in the week white house officials said the u.s. may remove all its troops from afghanistan in 2014. the department of transportation has ordered a full review of the boeing 787 dreamliner. press conference just wrapped up this morning. >> scott mcgrew has been watching this carefully. >> wrapping up the press conference up as we speak. transportation officials have said the plane, the dreamliner, 787 is safe. it's innovative.

already 200,000 flight hours of testing they're entirely confident about the safety of the aircraft. this is the head of the faa. you are watching him live as they continue to discuss this out of washington. we will continue our coverage in the 11:00 a.m. newscast which is right when san jose will see its first dreamliner take off. bottom line, officials say this model is safe and in fact a million passengers have already flown on the 787. 150 flights every day. on the lighter news, our gadget this gadget friday. what is this? is it a skateboard for your iphone? it's called the i stabilize. a dolly for your iphone. if you want to take really fancy shots of video, there you go. it can work as a skateboard. is this overkill for your iphone videos? maybe. you would be surprised how many people use iphones for professional video. skateboard wheels, low center of gravity and you get nice dolly

shots as they call it in the industry. >> there you go. >> does it come with a grip? >> you have your own grip. >> all right, scott. thanks so much. let's check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. a chill in the air this morning. >> you can put a string on that thing and drag it wherever you want. walk it like a dog. it's cold out there. 30 degrees in livermore. 29 in gilroy. 34 in sunnyvale. we're getting into the coldest point of the day for the next hour temperatures will continue to fall. we'll hit those lows and temperatures slowly gradually warming to 45 degrees by noon and 50 to finish the day. 51 bayside. 50 at the coast. mostly sunny. showers as we get into evening hours. if you missed your seven-day forecast, do not fear. we'll have it for you every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. happy friday, mike inouye. >> happy friday commute. we're looking at a lighter volume of traffic. here's the peninsula 101, 280 similar case between palo alto where we lock and city. we'll look at another live look. we'll see how things are shaping up outside over here to the san

mateo bridge. you can see those. clear view this morning. westbound we do have slowing as the commute builds around the toll plaza. no big drama at the san mateo bridge. as bob told you, we're watching dumb baarton bridge. hopefully not the backup we've had over the last few days this week. a lighter commute. metering lights are on. span is moving smoothly. backup in all lanes at the toll plaza. the east shore freeway is moving close to 55 which is great. as that sun comes up with beautiful view we'll send it back to you with beautiful traffic. >> thank you very much. he sees beauty in it. 6:58 right now. final check of the day's top stories. 17-year-old boy is dead after an overnight shooting in marin city. the victim's sister says her brother had just moved to marin. she believes he may be the target of mistaken identity. police in l.a. are tracking the suspects who held more than

a dozen employees hostage at a nordstrom rack overnight. one employee was stabbed. another was sexually assaulted. the two suspects escaped. the employee who was stabbed is said to be okay. jimmy kimball invited to deliver the school's commencement address in may. >> he poked fun at the university's marijuana research program. >> the plan is to organize lectures and research to study how marijuana relates to topics like economic, geography and sociology. they'll play ultimate frisbee or something. >> the school has not heard whether the comedian has accepted that invitation. >> a fun one if he does. 6:59 right now. thank you so much for joining us this morning. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25. every half hour after that as well. >> we'll be back at 11:00 a.m. as well. thanks for waking up with us. have great weekend, everybody. >> go niners.